Our Mission - Improve rural livelihoods with a systems approach to development that creates multiple forms of wealth that are owned and controlled locally.
  • Focuses on Place: Respects, builds on and advances the work people are already doing.
  • Incentivizes Collaboration: Breaks out of rural isolation by building regional collaborations and tapping market demand.
  • Creates Multiple Forms of Wealth: Builds many forms of capital - knowledge, resilient natural resources, social networks, and more.
  • Emphasizes Local Ownership: Enhances the livelihoods of low-wealth people and places by building wealth that is owned and controlled locally.
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CAN is Taking the Wealth Creation Approach and Running With It

The Central Appalachian Network is using the wealth creation framework as a lens for refocusing everything they do in building a healthy food system, write Katy Allen and Thomas Watson It helps network members speak the same language. And it offers effective tools for planning strategy and assessing outcomes.

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